4.1 Devices and Components for Telecommunication Systems
(Professors Amílcar C. César; Ben-Hur V. Borges; Luiz Gonçalves Neto; Murilo A. Romero; Mônica L. Rocha)

Study, design and characterization of devices and components for telecommunication systems for the microwave band, milimetric waves and optical frequencies; development of software for planning and evaluation of WDM and SDH optical communication systems, mobile communication and others.

Analysis of devices for optical communication;
Integrated semiconductor devices and circuits;
Implementation of difractive optical microelements.

4.2 Telecommunication Networks
(Professors Amílcar C. César; Ben-Hur V. Borges; Mônica L. Rocha; Murilo A. Romero)

Analysis of innovative configurations, protocols and topologies in telecommenication networks. The studied themes include:

Algorithms for routing and innovative architectures in telecommunication networks;
Modeling of CDMA optical networks.